after the father was inside the home in the 2300 block. jeff joins us with more on her story. >> stephanie rowlings planned to join through the community walk. she won't find any welcome mat awaiting her at the home where 18-year-old jonah died from multiple stab wounds. today the teen's mother is blaming city leaders for the violence that cost so many children their lives including her own. >> the city is burning down. we're losing our kids left and right. it's not acceptable. and somebody better bring this to justice. >> her mother says she had a 2-

year-old daughter, in hopes of becoming a nurse. we'll have more from the victim's mother more at 6:00. and edge edgewater, and it happened in the 2700 block of casio block. apparently a deputy was trying to serve 44-year-old michael beach a court order. he allegedly pulled the weapon and charged at the deputy. beach then barricaded himself in the home. police say beach covered himself after several hours police finally arrested him. tonight, he's in chef trauma. the deputy was treated and release. officials at pescola high school, he believed he was in danger and needed protection. the police say the teen was involved in an altercation and showed the gun to other students but didn't threaten anyone. the boy is facing several weapons charges tonight.

state superintendent nancy grassley is retiring in june after serving 20 years in the job. >> she's been going to school for a long time. the school bell finally running for dr. grasslink. she started teaching deaf children and rose to the leaders. >> she workdz with governor schaeffer, irming. it's no secret that she and the governor had some wild disagreement. and she said they resolved the differences to make schools better. she was quick to answer whether her retirement was politically motivated. >> i could honestly say this was my decision and the timing of it was my decision. that may not have been true had it been 4 1/2 years ago. there is a lot of water over

the dam in terms of the 4 1/2 years. this is my decision. >> here she is calling it a day. they named maryland the number one school system. who knew when she graduated from western, nancy grasslink would be a hal of famer. jamie castillo abc 2 news. not a pretty day by any stretch of the imagination. traffic seems to be moving smoothly. let's check in with wyatt on what's on tap for tonight. wyatt? >> we're talking about a significant period of rain today, tomorrow and even a big chunk of friday. there is a possibility of snow, all know not accumulating. let's take a look at the

powerful radar. you could see quite a bit of rain. and instead in the west, they are mixing and converting to a rain snow mix over cumberland and back towards hager's town. at times we've had reports of people out and about driving around. you know what? it's rain but i see snow mixed in the raindrops. very cold several thousands feet up. it's generally coming down as heavier rain. the temperatures still well around freezing. and we'll talk much more how the overnight into tomorrow and friday morning shape up straight ahead. kelly? >> thanks, wyatt,. the state senate approved the $40 billion budget that includes about 75 million in food increases. the budget bills with the

democrats supporting it. lawmakers with a separate reconciliation bill. the senate did reject several republicans supporting challenges to the legislation. one would have eliminated a fee increase. house of delegates already passed the legislation. >> it's a difficult budget. we were facing a 1.6 billion structural deficit. we made significant progress in moving it down 40-45%. >> lawmakers will work out the differences and conference, before the scheduled april 11th adjournment of the general assembly. the senate passed the bill to increase the alcohol tax by 3% to 9%. it will mean $900 million more in education funding. the measure now goes to the house of delegates. today baltimore mayor rolls

out her budget. she says some swimming pools will be open. three fire halls will close each day and 311 will not be available as much. some good news, no taxes will be raised except for both trash pickup. meanwhile, the mayor says tourism has been good. >> tourism is the second target, employer, the industry -- that's going to be -- the sector to support. they gave the funding for baltimore also, supporting jobs in the city. >> under the mayor's budget more than half of the city's 55 rec centers will be turned into non-profits. if no one takes over the center, they may have to close and library hours could be reduced as well. an idaho doctor has created an app to keep people from texting and driving. heart surgeon says he's seen too many people hurt and killed

because of distracted driving. >> die from being distracted. we couldn't get her to the operating room. after that, we decided we will have to do something. we have to make a difference. that's when we went forward and to put a app. >> a smart phone application. the app uses phones gpx. if you go over 15 miles an hour, the app shuts down the ability to text. the app doesn't know for sure if you're driving. that means the passenger, riding around the road, you're still locked out. they hope to develop a new version if someone is a driver or passenger. the app cost $4.91 and all the money will go to charity. a study of the nation shows the one in our state is better than most. that's according to the transportation of america. we have a lower percentage of

structurally deficient bridges. more than 69,000 meet with a group called urgent repairs. study found that oklahoma and west virginia top the list of deteriorating bridges. if you buy a hyundai after today, there's no turning back. in 2009, hyundai started the program. it backs down customers who were laid off. other car customers tried similar buyback deals but none were as successful as hyundai. a new high speed fiber optic network created by google, created. and last week, they submitted an application to be the first in the country to have a network. google fiber plan would allow one gig ga bite download

streaming, 100 times faster than the current download speeds. the president of morgan fit university, took to the neighborhood, surrounding the campus to get a little feedback from the community. the david wilson became morgan's 12th president and since then the alabama native has been acclim mated to business within the campus in northeast baltimore. today, he's looking outside. >> the neighbors who have been here for over 40 years and even the newcomers to the neighborhood understand that as morgan grows, the neighborhood grows. we have to understand that as the neighborhood prospers, the neighborhood will prosper. >> morgan's president walked the path of his students to see what safety measures see an upgrade and observation was

documented. >> improve lighting in the area. try to direct the students to a path that would bring them directly to the campus. >> bringing them in the neighborhood. >> along with safety comes the concerns of residents. parking in particular. dr. wilson worked with the city to put res residential permits in place. >> i didn't have to go to him. today, he came to me. i know he's been at other meetings and other, you know, community meetings. so he's been very respected. never had this before. >> the neighborhood is crowded with students, their vehicles. they have kind of -- somewhat. >> at the wilson's walk and tour, to serve many purposes for him. it allows the president to reach out to the morgan neighbors, to see how the students relate in the neighborhood and to assess what the university could do to improve the community. >> help with the discussion

with the students in the school of agriculture and landscape and supply and planning, to take what they are learning in the classroom and come in the neighborhoods and apply to address the things. and what we have been about is just that. taking the university to the people because after all, it is their university. >> at morgan state university, lamont williams, abc 2 news. >> that's a great idea. >> dr. wilson is holding a town hall meeting in an hour to discuss the trip to the neighborhood. it's everywhere. it's in our sports drinks, chips, cereals and it may be effecting the way your child acts. the fda looks into possible connections to the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. plus, controversy surrounds a new doll that teaches young girls how to breast feed. the argument for and against

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in tonight's consumer alert, maryland could be the first state to ban the chemical fennal a from infant formula container. the house passed a similar bill over the weekend. the governor says, both bills would ban the chemical in formula containers by the year 2014. maryland banned bpa in baby bottles and sipe cups. the chemical is still used in the lining of cans. this is the sixth time the company has recalled over-the- counter medications for the

same reason. it involves tylenol distributed across the country. the fda is meeting to discuss the impact of certain food dyes. now there is new evidence that suggests that they could be, the behavior disorders in children and actually make their behaviors worst. here's abc tj winnick. it's lurking in every corner of the supermarket, sports drinks, cereals. it may be making your child act like this. >> throwing themselves on the ground, screaming, yelling. one point, was crawling. >> and she noticed her 3-year- old daughter tricksy had the tantrums after eating a pink sandwich. study suggests there may be a link between the food dyes and attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder. a condition diagnosed in about 5 1/2 million children. this 7-year-old says she knows -- >> you just don't want tan every day. >> the safety of artificial colors have been affirmed through extensive review. the fda must decide whether better food labeling. >> i wouldn't be surprised if they have the change in the labeling. not that the food dyes cause hyperactivity. for some children with hyperactivity, food dyes won't. >> we went and we threw out everything that had red dye in it. and she never had another one again. >> the labels in items like candy must say certain dyes could impact the child's

activity or attention. t.j. wilson, abc 2 news. first, it was the push-up bra. now another parenting firestorm this week. this time the con controversial bra, breast milk baby. the company behind it claims the doll tee teaches nurturing skills. some parents call it too much too soon. >> call us pedophiles, call us perverts. they say we are endangering the innocence of little girls. >> as for concern, the doll could negatively influence. parents really have nothing to worry about. let's talk about it. is the doll that teaches young kids how to breast feed inappropriate. here's a couple. alison writes, whatever it takes more women, girls, to breast feed. for me, it was reading national

geographic. >> it's a little early but it's better than most barbie dolls that encourage stupidity. >> a child nursing seems quite inappropriate to me. >> you could talk about the hot topic, go to the official facebook fan page at abc2news.com/facebook. . our rainy afternoon out there right now. this is the view from the maryland science center. people out and about. being pelted with some rain. look at the temperatures. 43 degrees. humidity at 7%. barometric pressure and steady at the moment. we'll continue to fall for the next few days as multiple areas

of low pressure, multiple storms come in. baltimore through the day, we have cloudy skies. then the rain begins to come down late in the afternoon. rain heading a little earlier to the west out in frederick. many reports at times of a little bit of snow falling mixing with the rain. exactly what we expected. temperatures very cold. sometimes that snow before it melts to complete rain will mix, kind of a rain drop with a little bit of snow embedded in the rain drop. it's a rainy, snowy kind of a mix. it's obviously not sticking. temperatures are way too warm for that. the current winds, out of the north and chilly. chilly winds coming in, that's for sure. take a look at the temps. mid-40s across dover, east. baltimore, colder to the west. colder air wrapping to the back side of several different disturbances. mid-40s. in the next several days, we'll be safely above freezing throughout each day. overnight periods where we

could get a little slush mixing in with the rain showers. the regional view, one big disturbance moving off the virginia beach area here. a second one centered in lower ohio towards columbus. you could see a lot of snow in places like pittsburgh, cleveland. in maryland, rain showers on and off tonight. our overnight east coast view, shows cloudy conditions. again, couple of different areas of disturbed weather. they will mean rain on and off and at times winter mix blending in with the rain here in the maryland and across the baltimore area. high pressure. chilly conditions offshore. colder air trying to wrap behind three different areas of low pressure. it adds up to an unsettled pattern the next couple of days. take a look at the timing. we're right on the rain-snow line. i think most of the snow will be primarily frederick

westward. not so much in the baltimore suburbs. although at times we'll see a mix of rain and snow. all rain by 10:00 tomorrow. then we get a little bit of a break with rain showers on and off. thursday night into friday, more rain coming off the coast. some snow may wrap behind the thing on early friday morning. a few more places. overnight, 36. rain with a wintery mix to the west. we guarantee another 45. 15 degrees below average. cold and rainy. rainy and a chance of a wintery mix, for the morning hours. let's look at the seven-day forecast. bottom line is this. each morning will feature rain with probably a little bit of snow. better chances, if your trip takes you west. as we go to friday morning, another possibility of a rain- snow mix. weekend drying out. we're happy to say, la cross on saturday, sunday, sunny skies and dry but, of course, warmer

for the opener. as we've been seeing the last couple of district attorneys, it looks like we will see some rain in the area. >> rain versus now when rain is not the normal. >> snow and baseball in the same sentence. >> at least we're heading in the positive direction. >> thanks. killer whale that drowned a trainer in orlando's seaworld facilities last year is back at work. see what officials say tillcum. last year you may recall the whale drowned 40-year-old choe. park officials say they spent millions making safety upgrades. well, peta members say they are against the ringling brothers barnaby circus. they protest on the arrival. they stood in front of the

first arena wearing head dresses that read, ringling beast animals. the giant elephant they say represents animal abuse by the circus. >> peta is outside the circus to make sure everybody knows animals behind the scenes are frequently beatenned to perform circus trick. the tricks are extremely painful, suffering every day as they are forced to perform up to three times per day. >> they claim members have found evidence and in recent veterinary inspection to support their claim. coming up, the scanners at the airports really pose cancer risk? one report says yes but not as much you may not think. what hit your body. and the healthiest time in maryland. the closest area, believed to have people living the

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in tonight's health alert, new body x-rays machines pose a cancer risk? a study shows that the risk is pretty low but it does exist. the archive, the quick body scans contribute less than 1% of the radiation dose. a flyer from cossic in flight. passengers should not fear the scanners because they don't pose a significant threat. major league baseball weighing on a concussion

discussion. the new policies adopted by major league baseball and the players union may require face line and testing for players. reason they don't have a concussion is a frame of reference, to help determine the extent of the injury. the league has created seven day disabled list for players who had head injure owes who give them time to recover before returning to play. to learn more about concussion, check out the concussion resource guide. we have information including things, parents need to know to help children with concussions. abc 2 news/concussion. for a second year in a row, howard county. the johnson foundation and university of wisconsin came up. they say the rankings is to give public health officials a snapshot on the health of their feeding. new information on the death